Here's the Top Ten things you should do if you think you might get laid off this round...and if you are sure that you won't be laid off, just keep dreaming. 10...Take home your personal items. Sure they will let you pack them up or they'll do it for... — read more
IBM Bluemix/SoftLayer Cloud Down & Out
This is what happens when you replace your skilled employees with unskilled cheap labor, IBM. What comes around goes around. More extended outages in IBM's cloud platform. No wonder they're about to move to 4th place behind the surging Google. IBM... — read more
Big Shrink to “Hire” 25,000 in the US, as Layoffs Pile Up
Just look at the chart, says it all. http://wolfstreet.com/2017/01/23/big-shrink-to-hire-25000-in-the-us-as-layoffs-pile-up/
DBG / Move to a co-location
I've been with the IBM Digital Business Group for a year now - I am, as of last Fall 100% remote, I know many who have the same arraignment. Anyhow, last week I was contacted by my manager and explicitly told that I have 30 days to move to a... — read more
Ginni has IBM in a death spiral
I was around when IBM reduced offices and sent everyone to work from home. Now their sending everyone back into offices, but this time, to only a handful of cities. 10's of thousands of U.S. workers who cannot move, or will not move, will be... — read more
IBM Touts Trump-Pleasing Hiring Plans While Firing Thousands
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-23/ibm-touts-trump-pleasing-hiring-plans-while-firing-thousands Hypocrisy at it's finest!
Indian Outsourcing Firms Prep for Curbs on H-1B Visa Workers Under Trump
[Quoting entire article below link for ease of reference]. http://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-outsourcing-firms-fear-curbs-on-h-1b-visa-workers-under-trump-1484820031 NEW DELHI—President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t take office in Washington until... — read more
4 Reasons Warren Buffett Should Sell IBM
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2017/01/20/4-reasons-warren-buffett-should-sell-ibm/#43f80df91e48 Lack of market leadership IBM has been shrinking in a growing market. After all, IDC reports that corporate IT spending is rising at a 3,3%... — read more
At what point do you hold a CEO accountable?
Nineteen straight quarters of declining revenue? What company EVER has absorbed that without making a change? Many of us were let go due to stupid decisions and knee jerk reactions by this management. They throw out keywords and initiatives without... — read more
Insurance firm to replace human workers with AI system
And it begins. . . http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20161230/p2a/00m/0na/005000c "Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. is planning to slash nearly 30 percent of its payment assessment department's human staff after it introduces an artificial... — read more
At Davos, IBM Chief Predicts Artificial Intelligence Won’t Be a Job Killer
Ms. Rometty acknowledged some jobs will become obsolete because of AI. History, though, has demonstrated that technological breakthroughs lead to new employment opportunities, she said. “There’s so much fear about jobs,” she said. “But most of us... — read more
Justices will weigh limits on worker rights to sue employers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justices-will-weigh-limits-on-worker-rights-to-sue-employers/2017/01/13/13df5fee-d9ca-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html?utm_term=.e61c58144d3b
CBI files FIR in Rs 225 crore Air India software procurement 'scam'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cbi-files-fir-in-rs-225-crore-air-india-software-procurement-scam/articleshow/56521504.cms?utm_source=toiiphoneapp&utm_medium=Sms&utm_campaign=show NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered a case against unknown... — read more
I had heard all of the horror stories about IBM, but they were even worse than what I thought.
Most of our group was let go yesterday as well. This is less than two years after being outsourced to IBM. We are being replaced with contractors for onsite support. When we were outsourced our group was either given a one year offer with a severance... — read more
All Marketing departments are moving employees back into offices
What a farce that Ginny is claiming to bring 25,000 jobs to the U.S. That number is directly correlated to the loss of professional IBMers that have A. been let go due to a 'skills transformation' that they went through in 2016, B. the... — read more
Trade Adjustment Act
Remember to sign up for the Trade Adjustment Act even if you do not want to use it. You may have co-workers who will find it helpful. https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/2015_amend_benfits.cfm
LAYOFFS HAVE BEGUN.....(Jan 5th, 2017)
Major IBM Layoffs happening today (Jan 5th) for US GTS division workers. Totals unknown, but I am one of them...What a shame this company has become and will continue to be. Was told my job was being moved to India, yet Ginni just sat in Trumps panel... — read more
Letter to President Elect Trump and Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, from a Former IBMer
http://protectusworkers.org/letter-to-president-elect-trump-and-ginni-rometty-ceo-of-ibm-from-a-former-ibmer/ Please read the words of an American victim who is not happy about President Elect Trump’s choice to consult with IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty.
IBMers to Donald Trump: Do not trust IBM!
https://www.coworker.org/petitions/ibmers-to-donald-trump-do-not-trust-ibm Do not work with or help IBM on anything. IBM cannot be trusted. If you believe anything that IBM or any of its employees says, you will be sorry. Why is this important? This... — read more
IBM and offshoring
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/ibm-offshoring-144718149.html Donald Trump has made very public efforts to shame and threaten companies that ship American jobs overseas. It turns out that one of the companies that aggressively offshores jobs is... — read more
Trump is missing the biggest offshoring companies
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-is-missing-the-biggest-offshoring-companies-150924712.html "Such filings indicate that at least 450 IBM workers have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2015 because the company moved the work overseas. But the... — read more
Posted on Watching IBM
Please post anonymously: 60 Minutes is doing a story to air in January. I was 1 of 6 flown to NY to be interviewed. It's about IBM & others sending US jobs over seas & the work S B is doing. They said they would tell us exact date, I will share when... — read more
IBMers-Sign the petition!
Any IBMers that want to sign this petition to Ginni Rometty please see this link: https://theintercept.com/2016/12/19/ibm-employees-launch-petition-protesting-cooperation-with-donald-trump/
We need to fill 'new collar' jobs that employers demand: IBM's Rometty
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2016/12/13/we-need-fill-new-collar-jobs-employers-demand-ibms-rometty/95382248/
IBM plans to hire 25,000 workers over next four years
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-plans-to-hire-25000-workers-over-next-four-years-2016-12-13 Geeee. . .I wonder where the majority of these new hires will be based? And I also wonder how many RA's are triggered by these 25K new hires?
Word on the Street
Word on the street is that the execs are waiting to take stock as far as how many people leave after becoming eligible for the yearly 401k match on Dec 15, and as a result of the forced relocation policy, and will then decide how many to axe as part... — read more
A word of caution
I recommend that you read a message about this at: groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/IBM/conversations/messages/5435
Checkpoint and TCR/bonuses
We had a meeting on Friday about Checkpoint and TCR/bonuses, and not even the managers seem to know how it will all fit together at this point.
Bob Iger, Jamie Dimon Tapped by Trump for Advice on Jobs and the Economy
Disney let go of 300 IT people for favor of H1B visas and we know IBM all offshore https://www.thestreet.com/story/13912615/1/bob-iger-jamie-dimon-tapped-by-trump-for-advice-on-jobs-and-the-economy.html?puc=msnwin8&cm_ven=MSNWIN8 Donald Trump has... — read more
Is There Another Bribery Case Brewing In IBM Poland?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/4027310-another-bribery-case-brewing-ibm-poland Summary Examining potential repeat violations of the FCPA. IBM's illicit creativity in securing international contracts. Investment implications for companies under... — read more
Check out their board: Oracle is in a meltdown mode right now (SPARC to be killed, HW BU phased out)
https://www.thelayoff.com/oracle
Cash, Cars and Contracts: IBM, HP and Oracle in the Crosshairs of Overseas Corruption Investigation
https://www.propublica.org/article/cash-cars-and-contract-ibm-hp-and-oracle-in-the-crosshairs-of-overseas-corr Yet another form of financially engineering numbers. . .
Sanders launches new attack on offshore outsourcing Senator puts pressure on Trump to keep his offshore outsourcing pledge
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3142740/it-outsourcing/sanders-launches-new-attack-on-offshore-outsourcing.html Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce legislation to discourage companies from relocating jobs... — read more
IBM Employee Quits Over Her CEO's Letter To Donald Trump Doesn't mention jobs being off shored
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ibm-employee-quits-over-her-ceos-letter-to-donald-trump-1631963?pfrom=home-lateststories Most CEO letters are greeted by employees with a yawn. But after IBM CEO Ginni Rometty wrote a public letter to president-elect... — read more
Fearing tighter U.S. visa regime, Indian IT firms rush to hire, acquire
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/583544/fearing-tighter-us-visa-regime.html Anticipating a more protectionist U.S. technology visa programme under a Donald Trump administration, India's $150 billion IT services sector will speed up acquisitions in... — read more
Trump Eyes Changes to Guest Worker Programs
http://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-eyes-changes-guest-worker-program/3608083.html When Michael Emmons found out he was losing his job as a software developer at Siemens technology company and being replaced by a foreign worker, the last thing he... — read more
IBM's Culture Spawned Refugees Who Created $55 Billion In Hedge Fund Profit
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2016/11/21/ibms-culture-spawned-refugees-who-created-55-billion-in-hedge-fund-profit/#3e6410c860df
IBM Layoffs 2017
Is it possible that we'll have job cuts in Armonk.